document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1001233>Question 1001233</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Evaluate the expression 3-i/7-3i\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What does the real number a equal?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What does the real number b equal?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please write the result in the form a+bi </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To rationalize it (make the denominator a real number),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply the NUM and the DEN by the conjugate of the DEN 7+3i.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3-i)/(7-3i) Use parentheses.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3-i)*(7+3i)/((7-3i)*(7+3i))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (21 + 2i - 3i^2)/(49-9i^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (21 + 2i + 3)/(49+9)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (24 + 2i)/58<BR>\n" );
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